Yet

adv. [A-S. get, git, geot, gyt, giet, geta, gieta, gyta, O. Sax. get, O. Fries. ieta, eta, ita, iette, M. H. Ger. iezuo, ieze, N. H. Ger. jetzo, jetzt, itzo, itzt.]

1Sense 1. In addition; further; besides; over and above; still. “A little longer; yet a little longer.” Dryden.

This furnishes us with yet one more reason why our Savior lays such a particular stress on acts of mercy. Atterbury.

The rapine is made yet blacker by the pretense of piety and justice. L’Estrange.

2Sense 2. At the same time; by continuance from a former state; still.

They attest facts they had heard while they were yet heathens. Addison.

3Sense 3. Up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; at the present time;—and with the negative, not yet, not up to the present time; not as soon as now; as, is it time to go? Not yet.

4Sense 4. Even; at least; at all.

A man that would form a comparison between Quintilian’s declamations, if yet they are Quintilian’s. Baker.

Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them. Bacon.

[See supra.] Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however.

Yet I say unto you, that Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these. Matt. vi. 29.

Synonyms—See HOWEVER.